Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1887-09-10


among the range stock even In severe
winters are comparatively small and
triiing. Sheep also do well in the
county and a number Of the citizens
are collecting and raising large and
profitable fiocks. In the winter when
the SHOWS are on the mountains, stock
feed in the valleys and along the river
bottoms, and in the summer they vol.
UNFAIRLY return to the mountain grass
es' Much attention is being given by
horsemen and cattlemen TO the i'm
proVement Of their stock, and the i'm
provement is becoming more notice
able in the bands from year to year.
THE AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS
Are yet in their infancy, but enough
has been learned to satisfy the farm
mers that agricultural pursuits can be
followed with great profit and large
paying results All along the streams
and, in fact, wherever water can be
obtained natural meadows can be
made and the very best grades Of ma
tive grasses grown. Timothy and the
cloyers do well but alfalfa is the ia
yorite because Of its rapid growth and
large yield. This plant is becoming
the staple product as a hay crop and
the acreage sown therein is largely on
the increase with each returning year.
Three and four crops can be mown on
the same ground yearly. More and
more attention is being given TO farm.
ing every year and as the soil is easy
of cultivation, and the yields large
the farmers labor with growing inter
est Many valuable and permanent
improvements are being made, com
Portable and attractive homes are be
ing built, orchards and shrubbery SCI
out and more and more land enclosed
Grain, such as wheat, oats and barley
is the principal field crop, and TIN
yield is large and the quality yer.
superior. In favored spots wheat ha
been known TO yield from go to 8!
bushels per acre. In the growth o
potatoes the soil of this county canno
be beaten, here they approach perfeC
ton in size, quality and condition, a
near as they do anywhere in this grea
land Of ours Their yield is from 20
to 300 bushels per acre. All roc
, crops, in truth, all vegetables do We
as likewise the small fruits, berries
etc, where proper care and attentio
is given market gardening and fru
raising can be followed with satisfa
tory results, Experiments in this lin
have given the utmost satisfaction.
IRRIGATION
! By artesian wells is problem yet
= be demonstrated, although in the '
r,nity Of Oxford. In the southern pa
= Of the county, it has been tried vii
!, successful practical results.
j. TIMBER
Is found in considerable quantities
, the extreme northern part Of the cou
~. and the lumber sawed has reaC
: market for home consumption. {
= the mountains and along the strear
: and even in the lava beds, we fiji
= trees OF sufficient size and quantiti
! to supply all demands for fuel, pos
and other purposes.
GAME.
a To all lovers of the gun and rod Bin
y ham county furnishes some of t
n finest fields for sport known in I
n history OF the West In the mou
a. tains TO the North, bear, antelope, e
IN moose, deer, white and black tail, a
" sheep are found, and in the stream
a. trout, salmon and other choice kin
as Of the finny tribe in abundance Biz
n. ham county is an ideal happy hui
n. ing ground.
at SCHOOL FACILITIES.
& Bingham county is giving special
he tention to the cause of common sch'
be education, and schools are run
h. every neighborhood where distri'
. can be formed in conformity with ID
At. There are twenty-nine school distri
en- in the county.
ia HoMEsTEADs, ETC
m. Owing to the large extent of a
nd much valuable land is still unoc
ds pied and subject to entry under
laws Of the United States governm'
as Homesteads, Presumption, Des
70 Entry and Timber Culture claims, q
to immigrants coming West can find
"A. better lands, no better climate and
,er better people than are to be found